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104  The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Volume IV - 2012 Then she returned in the golden carriage, Flying over the city battlements. Cheud (Action Song) Dialogues  Bibhesana the Chief went searching.He brought back all the monkey troopers who went hiding because they were afraid of the power of the Nagapasa Arrow. The chief demon looked for them, calmed them down, and persuaded them to leave the forest. The monkeys returned and reorganized into divisions. After a careful inspection, the royal demon led them back to form the army. Cheud  The monkeys that guarded the two princes, Rama and Laksmana, were frightened when they saw Bibhesana, mistaking him for Indrajita returning to capture their royal masters to be taken to Longka City. They ran to inform Sugriva, the Vanara Chief, saying, “ The foe is back, we shall be doomed today”  The Vanara Chief Sugriva became angry. He shouted, “How can you be so terri fi ed! That’s Bibhesana returning. Stop being frantic.” (Comic relief as seems suitable) As can be seen from the above excerpt, King Rama VI’s Ramakien composition is ready for performance. He wrote it like a modern playwright, yet kept to the necessary tradition of Khon. Besides the Ramakien, he wrote many other plays and had them performed regularly during his lifetime. Other Dramas by King Rama VI King Rama VI was fond of drama. He wrote many types of drama and his effort has popularized drama, especially the modern type like that of the West, in Thailand. When he returned from studying abroad early in 1902, he set up the Taweepanya club. He was then the Crown Prince, residing in Saranrom palace. He wrote his fi rst play “Som Po Som Luk” and staged it at Taweepanya theatre in the palace grounds on March 20, 1904. This makeshift theatre of one hundred seats was fully built in 1906. King Rama VI’s Promotion of Khon and Drama in General